Jason Hafner Quotes (11 Quotes)

We're going to get them in and have them swim tomorrow. We have to have them loosen down after swimming hard for two days. We have to start to get them ready for state.

Their times were pretty good.

Both on the guys and girls side, tomorrow is where it counts. Those swimmers got to go a little bit easier today. The ones where we needed to have them go and swim fast, those kids swam fast.

Sometimes when you get out in the open water, it's a little easier to go. You get six or seven people all going the same speed, it's a lot tougher to race.

We made the qualifying time in the medley relay. We're seeded 18th. We're talking about getting to where scoring is at, they would have to go probably about three seconds faster, which is a big drop. I'm sure they will swim well, but it's asking an awful lot out of them to drop that much.

We got both the relays in the consolation. They're swimming tomorrow. That's what we're shooting for, for them to get another swim. They swam well. We have three freshmen on there and one senior. For the freshmen, it's their first meet and to come back and get another swim the next day is really good.

On both the girls and guys sides, if you look from top to bottom, our kids were dropping times in almost every event. That's what we're looking for.

I was talking to them and telling them how fun it has been to watch them progress. As the season has gone along and they have gotten more experience, they've started racing better and better as the season went on. Then at districts, they did well yesterday and came back and swam even faster today. That's all you can ask for.

Our kids really like it. We'll get them ready for next week. It was good. I was happy with how we did. The Tualatin boys were going to be tough to beat. They're very deep.

Our girls were not afraid to go up against them in the races and swim.

It's a good swim. She had a tough heat. We were hoping she would have someone to race with. The three girls that went out in the pack were so far ahead in her heat. It was hard for her. She was swimming on her own.